Pope Francis holds historic summit

Pope Francis has held a prayer session in the Vatican with two Middle East leaders, calling the richly symbolic ceremony with the Israeli and Palestinian presidents a way to “mark the beginning of a new journey where we seek the things that unite”.
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/09/world/europe/pope-francis-holds-vatican-prayer-summit-with-israeli-and-palestinian-leaders.html?hp